# CVE-2020-7198: There is a remote escalation of privilege possible for a malicious user that has a OneView account in OneView and Synergy Composer.


- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-74j4-4jv7-68pg

## What is CVE-2020-7198?

CVE-2020-7198 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2, published on 6 Nov 2020. 

### Official description

There is a remote escalation of privilege possible for a malicious user that has a OneView account in OneView and Synergy Composer. HPE has provided updates to Oneview and Synergy Composer: Update to version 5.5 of OneView, Composer, or Composer2.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7198?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Hp Oneview, Hp Synergy Composer, Hp Synergy Composer 2.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7198?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7198 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7198 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2

- [CVE-2023-30909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30909/): Auth bypass in HPE OneView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-30908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30908/): Auth bypass in HPE OneView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28616/): Server-side request forgery in HPE OneView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28617/): Security feature bypass in HPE OneView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-50274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50274/): Command injection in HPE OneView (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7198 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7198 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2, published on 6 Nov 2020. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HP OneView; HPE Synergy Composer; HPE Synergy Composer 2. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7198/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7198/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7198
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7198
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7198

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7198/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.